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Hershey, Pennsylvania

On August 18, more than 100 foreign students protested their working conditions at a Hershey's warehouse. They had come to the United States under the guise of a cultural exchange sponsored by the State Department, but they ended up working at a Hershey's warehouse run by Exel, Inc. A nonprofit, the Council for Educational Travel, U.S.A., based in California, hired the students, who say the council deducted so much for rent that they didn't have enough money to cover their expenses. They also say they were forced to work the night shift, continuously lifting fifty-pound boxes of candy. The Labor Department is looking into allegations of wage and hours violations.

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